TRADITIONAL CRITICISM. Le Petit Prince translated as The Little Prince was written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. He writes this book as he writes his character in his identity as an aviator. He then wrote this book during the period of the World War II which he was the one of the Allied Air Forces at that time. It is clear that he gets his inspiration for his writings when he conducted a series of flights on his military service in the Air Force. And to incorporate your work to the character of the story is such a great way to share to the reader your experience what the author experiences through reading a book. STYLISTIC CRITICISM. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry states in his introduction before reading the story. You will read his dedication to Leon Werth that he specifically stated when he was a little boy. And he was apologizing not to dedicate this book to children but to those grown-ups who was once a child. The purpose of the book is to remind grown-ups on how being chil...